Days before her 5th birthday, innocence ended — she became the youngest mother in history

Days before her 5th birthday, innocence ended — she became the youngest mother in history

A five-year-old Peruvian child was taken to the hospital on a quiet day in May 1939, complaining of an enlarged belly. The doctors originally suspected a tumor, but soon found out the devastating, shocking reality that went down in history: She was pregnant. Born on Sept. 23, 1933, in a small village in Peru, Lina Medina‘s pregnancy shocked and broke the hearts of the entire world after it was discovered during a doctor’s visit in Pisco. Accordi…